C;KKVNI> cm INFINITIVE? 141
His views cm the wmwV.v for Russia tu SWIM the command of the
sea .. .—Times.
b« Though the gerund with of is the usual construction after
nouns, they sometimes prefer the gerund with other preposi-
tions also to the infinitive* The gerund with in should he used,
for instance, in the following. Hut euphony operates again m
the first.
... the extraordinary remhmw$ of the Kn^lish commanders ttt utilise
their prcpondcratiHtf strength rtruinst the HoerH,--"7Vffi<\t.
Lord Kcnyon rvmindvd the House of the resistance tm*t with to
vaccination, to [of?) the possible rfftrt of the projHisal f<> incrtw that
resistance, * . .-— TIJWJF,
I think sculpture HIM! painting have an effect fo frur/i us manners am!
abolish hurry.— I-'MKKSUN,
Such a capitulation would he inconsinfent with the position of any
Great Power, independently of thr /i«»«li<ifiWi there would in*, for
England and France fo submit their agreement for approval uinl perhaps
modification to (Jcnnany,-* • TYrncs.
The humiliation there would be in submitting; or the humilia-
tion It would be to submit.
c. After verbs and adjectives the infinitive is much more
common; but no cine will use a gerund where an infinitive is
required, while many will do the reverse.
But history «r«wA with the JapamtHc practice to slum (in shewing]
that,. *—Tirrwt.
We must necttHHsirily appeal to the intuition, and mm much more to
suggest than to Awrtkr (at Hu^K^Kcing than at describing],—KMHIIHCIH-
But they can only highly serve u»f when they aim not to drillt but tu
create [at drilling, but at creating}.--* KMI«»ON\
So far from a$mm$* ttt ^ inistrcnH of Euro|H*v she was rapidly sinking
into the almost helplens prey of France.-"-j. H. <*HKEN.
This is to avoid aiming at Iking; compare the avoidance of
double of above*
Lo$e no timet I pray you, tn ac!vi«c,—Elcri!A!i»soN*
In adwnng may have been avoided aa ambitious.
Egotism hits Its root in the cardinal neccsiity by which each individual
permt$ to be [m being] what he IJI.